Glass tile and building block



Jan. 29, 1935. w COLLINS n AL 1,989,634

- GLASS TILE AND BUILDING BLOCK Filed Aug. 12, 1935 entree r v 1,989,634 I GLASS ms also momma amen Howard W. @oliins and Eloy Ruiz, Columbus,

Ohio, assignors to Qwens-filinois Glass Company, a corporation of (lhio Application August 12,1933, Serial No. 634,836 8 Claims. (Cl. 72-18) Our invention relates to building units made colored, thereby softening a surface layer of the of glass or similar transparent or light transglass and causing the coloring material to be mitting materials, including glass tile, building fused and integrally united with said surface blocks and the like, which may be used, for exlayer. Such a method is disclosed, for example, ample, for surfacing walls of buildings, and may in the copending application of Games Slayter, 5

serve for both utilitarian and decorative pur- Serial Number 622,560, filed July 14,1932. P Still another method of coloring the blocks I An object of our invention is to provide tiles consists in the use of glass of the desired color, 'or blocks of the character indicated which are reduced to powdered form and applied in the colored in a manner t0 Produce P l y a form of a paste or the like to the surfaces to be tic (filming effects and a the a t e P colored and then subjected to localized heat of t t th l n mat rial from xposur and, sufiicient intensitytofuse and integrally unite the moreover, to conceal the mortar or other. backcolored glass with the surface portion of the ns v d y Said l c r il hus hi i block. Such a methodis disclosed in the United a y imperfections in aid backing mat a States patent to Games Slayter, No. 1,949,884, other ob c of t invention w lappear heredated March 6, 1934. Other methods might be inafter. employed.

.. In the accompanying drawing: By the application of color to-the five sides of i 1 i a fra m n ry Pe spective View Of a the block which are not exposed, leaving the front 2 W l ha n & c n f h llow l s l cks exposed face of the block plain and uncolored, constructed in accordance with our invention. particularly pleasing eflects are obtained. The 2 is a perspective Vie O a hollow 819155 color is transmitted through the transparent glass block wi h P rtion broken away. and gives the entire block the appearance of being Fig. 3 is Derspective w Of a 8 1 colored. The effect of the transmission, refrac- 2 ig. 4 is a pe s ective view showin a po tion and radiation of the light producedby the of a wallwith tile applied as a facing thereto. transparent glass, gives a particularly pleasing Referring particularly 8 hOHPW appearance to the blocks and to the wall which r c angular buildin bl ck 5 18 h wn comprislng is built of or surfaced by said blocks. A brilliancy 8 mp surface mace end surfaces as well as permanency of color is obtained, which 3 and back surface The k: asgshOwn 15 cannot be obtained by the use of coloring matemade transparent glass- The rial applied to the exposed exterior surface or by front and e walls thereofas shown, are made the use of blocks made of colored glass. The surin a singlqpiece, the real W311 comprising faces to which the color is applied arealso fully mte Plate lid 10 Sealed in 9051mmprotected against exposure to weathering or me- 5 Referring -Y 8 Wall 12 chanical. injury. Further, any imperfections in which may be built, for example. of br Wlth the mortar or material which forms a backing for facing built of glass blocks 5. The outer or exhid th colorin material on posed faces 13 of these blocks are preferably the blocks are den y e g the back surfaces 9 of the blocks. I 0 plain providing wan surface trans Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate the invention in connec- Darent glass. In accordance with our invent l m t f If m r tion, the other mama the block including on wi h gass e used 0 0m 2. s ac g o the top, bottom. ends and faces, are colored a wall 15. Each tile 16 consists of a solid rectanin a manner to sivethe block, when built into mar block or piece of glass having its rear 8. wall, the appearance of being l owing face and its four edge surfaces colored. The colthe transmission of the color through the glass orlng may be effected in the manner above dewalls of the block. This coloring m y be scribed in connection with the building blocks 5. tamed, for example, by the use of a. cement-paint The coloring of the tile serves the some purposes applied to the live surfacesotthe block which are as above noted in connection with the building to be blocks 5 and gives similar artistic and pleasing Amulet methOd which y .be employed for lighting and coloring effects. 001011118 the b o consists in f ng a coloring Modincationamay be resorted to within the material into the surface .DOI'HODS 0f the block. gpirfl; and scope of our invention, This may be done by introducing a powdered col- We claim: 1 oring material-into an intensely hot flame which 1. A tile made of transparent glass and having is directed against the. surface which is to be a plain clear front surface and having its back I surface and edge surfaces colored with vitreous coloring material fused into the glass.

2. A hollow rectangular building block made of transparent material, said block having one face free from color and the remaining five faces colored.

3. A rectangular building block made of transparent clear glass, and a coloring material forming a surface coating'for five sides of said block, the sixth side being uncolored.

4. A wall comprising a backing of masonry and a surfacing of transparent glass blocks, each of said blocks having its outer exposed surface clear and having a coloring material covering the back, top, bottom and end surfaces of the block, the top, bottom and end surfaces of each block abutting the bottom, top and end surfaces, respectively, of adjoining blocks.

5. The combination of a wall and a tile facing therefor, said facing comprising solid, rectangular tiles made of transparent glass, said tiles having their edges and back surfaces colored and their front faces plain and clear.

6. The combination of a wall and a tile facing therefor, said facing comprising solid, rectangular tiles made of transparent glass, said tiles having their back surfaces and edges painted and their front faces clear, permitting the color to be transmitted through the glass.

7. The combination of a wall and a facing therefor, said facing comprising hollow rectangular building blocks made of transparent glass, said blocks having their front faces clear and having their top, bottom, end and rear surfaces colored, said blocks arranged in horizontal rows with the top, bottom and end surfaces of each block abutting the bottom, top and end surfaces, respectively, of adjoining blocks.

8. A wall comprising a backing of masonry and a surfacing of blocks made of transparent glass, each said block being hollow and of rectangular formation and having five sides thereof made in a single piece and a sixth side comprising a. separate plate sealed into the block, said blocks being laid in horizontal rows with said plates bearing against the said backing, the outer faces of said blocks being clear and the top, bottom, end and rear surfaces being colored, whereby the color is reflected through the body of the blocks and gives color to the exposed surface of the wall.

HOWARD W. COLLINS. ELOY RUIZ. 

